Twisp of Fate

I finished the fourth fulled lap robe last week, this time in shades of green in the warp (Shetland wool) and a beautiful blue-green in Harrisville Shetland for the weft.  I think it may be my favorite so far:

off the loom but before fulling

the finished blue-green lap robe or throw

I moved my plaited twill scarf weaving down to the loom that I keep at the guild room.  This is “Mother Mary’s Loom” that we bought and restored 2 summers ago (blogged about here).  I am using 8 of the 12 harnesses, but the real bonus is in having 16 treadles.  Now I can reserve 2 treadles for true tabby or plain weave (which raises 1-2 on one treadle, and 3-4-5-6-7-8 on the other  – for the double 2-tie threading, same as with summer & winter – in other words, every other thread is on either harness 1 or harness 2).

I put on enough warp in my Autumn colorway to weave 5 scarves:

I got into the guild room several times this past week, and finished off the 5th scarf yesterday.  I have had some fun trying some new weft colors and a new pattern, too.

Here it is with a tencel weft in a color called Tussah:

Here is the new pattern.  It required 12 treadles and I only had 10 on the smaller workshop loom I was using at home for these scarves.  I used tencel in a color called Shale:

Now that I have enough treadles to do a complicated pattern plus tabby (plain weave) I am weaving a small header in plain weave at each end and doing hemstitching.  I think it will be a much nicer finish than going straight into the twisted braids (although I will still braid the ends as before).

Dare I speak it… Spring may be on the way!  It is supposed to be sunny and in the mid-60’s this coming week, for the most part.  We went for a lovely walk up Wolf Creek Road this morning, enjoying the sun and the bird songs.